SUMTER COUNTY, Fla. – A shortage of specialty swabs has temporarily closed a drive-thru coronavirus testing location at Premier Medical Associates in The Villages as people await their test results.
Vice President of Patient Care and Marketing, Lina Cohen said some people at the medical office serves are sequestered and anxious at home waiting for their test results for the coronavirus. “People are in fear because of the uncertainty of this virus, we are all in fear but we have to be able to cope with this in a better way,” Cohen said.
Cohen said 20 agents field 2,200 calls on a daily basis. She said most of the calls are from seniors desperate for answers or suffering from negative emotion amid the COVID-19. “We have many vets in the